A top doctor at Brockville General Hospital has been suspended by the College of Physicians and Surgeons for four months because of rude and abusive behaviour toward women.  The targets of Dr. Jayant Bhatt’s choice epithets like “stupid” and “useless” were his patients, nurses and other female staff. But the language was even worse than that from time to time. Dr.Bhatt apparently missed all those portrayals of sweet and kind physicians ranging from Young Doctor Kildare to Marcus Welby.  He had been known to dismiss nurses questions with “shut the f— up.” An investigation launched by the College revealed some patients refused to be treated by him. The information has come to light from the College’s discipline committee decision which found that Bhatt’s behaviour amounted to professional misconduct. It took away his licence to practise medicine until the end of July. “The details of your comments and arrogant behaviour can only be described as egregious and completely unacceptable,” the committee said in addressing Bhatt, a specialist in internal medicine. “The committee was particularly concerned that the behaviour was directed almost exclusively at women colleagues, patients and co-workers.” The future will see what Dr.Bhatt can manage in this regard. He has a long history of such conduct and one nurse who had the courage to tell him off said he changed his manner for a short time but then returned to his obnoxious ways. This matter was brought to the College’s attention by Brockville General Hospital.

 Jays take home series from Yankees two games to one. CBC

The Don Valley Parkway annual Spring cleaning and repair will send traffic onto Bayview Ave. and other South Bayview streets this weekend. The DVP will be closed from Highway 401 down to the Gardiner Expressway from 11 p.m. Friday until Monday at 5 a.m.

André Marin isn’t going quietly. The former Ontario Ombudsman is suing the Ontario Legislature and his former office for wrongful dismissal because he wasn’t granted a third five-year term. It is an unseemly grievance from this man-of-the-people Ombudsman. He had a knack of dramatizing his triumphs in defense of ordinary folk. A kind of civil service superman. Now however he claims he was misled and humiliated by Premier Wynne’s office. His document, filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in March, states he “suffered personally, professionally, financially and emotionally as a result of relying on misleading representations and assertions as well as the oppressive and high-handed actions” of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario.

Police have released this great picture of officers and students of Harbord Collegiate Institute during yesterday’s International Day of Pink celebrations. There is a nice account of the day and sentiments of officers linked here on the TPS website.

It was literally a thrill a minute as police and animal officials in Japan tried to recapture a chimpanzee as he played about among electrical wires. Yikes. The agile simian was hit by a sedative arrow and finally became so drowsy he lost his grip and fell unhurt into blanket or sheet held by rescuers. The chimp had escaped from the Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture, in the early afternoon Thursday and was on the loose for more than an hour. The video is quite thrilling heard in excited Japanese

Fortune Magazine has the inside scoop on how the McWrap is being cancelled out at U.S. McDonald’s. It was an attempt to undercut Subway but as the magazine concludes those fickle Millennials didn’t bite. Also on the way out is the McDonald  “snack wrap” for reasons which may be related to the time it took to make a wrap. Fortune notes that wraps might take three minutes to make (horrors) and were holding up kitchen assembly lines.

A 1200-square foot, two storey brick home at 10 Heather Road has seen a bidding war during March which pushed the selling price to $276,000 over asking. The price of $1,249,000 was set at listing but, as the agent, Sheree Cerqua, Royal LePage Signature Realty, explained it to the Globe and Mail the lack of inventory was acutely felt in the week prior to March break. The Globe says the sellers were bombarded with requests for 40 private showings, followed by several busy open houses over the span of a week, but were rewarded with four rival offers. Final price $1,525,000. The story speaks of the home’s closeness to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery but those closer to the geography will understand the special quality of Heather Road and its proximity to that thoroughfare to everywhere, Bayview Ave. The rapid nip downtown along the extension makes all real estate in Leaside and Davisville very desirable.

Northlea United Church will hold an evening of lively music and a silent auction on Saturday, April 30 to aid the settlement of Syrian refugee families which are sponsored by the church. The evening will begin with viewing of the auction offerings at 6.30 p.m. with performances beginnings at 7.30 p.m. The program includes Theresa Tova, David Warrack, Cara Matthew and Friends and The Leaside Singers.  The host for the evening will be David Sparrow. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased here  Northlea United Church is at 125 Brentcliffe Rd (416) 425-5252.

Some of the Northlea friends who will be present April 30 are (top l to r) Theresa Tova, David Warrack, Cara Matthew and (bottom l to r) Roula Said, David Buchbinder and David Sparrow